2012 World Series of Poker Europe

Event #2: €1,100 No-Limit Hold'em
Day: 1b
Event Info

2012 World Series of Poker Europe

Final Results
Winner
Winning Hand
q8
Prize
€126,207
Event Info
Buy-in
€1,100
Prize Pool
€600,960
Entries
626
Level Info
Level
22
Blinds
8,000 / 16,000
Ante
2,000

A Swing and a Miss for O'Brien

Dan O'Brien limped from early position only to have the player to his left move all in for 1,425. The rest of the field got out of the way and O'Brien shrugged before making the call.

Showdown
O'Brien: {Q-Clubs}{10-Clubs}
Opponent: {A-Diamonds}{3-Diamonds}

O'Brien seemed content with his position, but he would ultimately be left wanting as the board ran out an uninspiring {2-Spades}{6-Diamonds}{K-Clubs}{9-Hearts}{5-Diamonds}.

Player Chips Progress
Dan O'Brien us
Dan O'Brien
10,500 -1,500

Tags: Dan O'Brien

Wade on His Way

Action folded around to Tristan Wade in the cutoff and he raised to 325, which was immediately three-bet to 850 from the player on the button. Both blinds got out of the way, Wade four-bet 2,200, and the button moved all in for right around 8,500. Wade made the call and it was off to the races.

Showdown
Wade: {A-}{K-}
Button: {9-Hearts}{9-Diamonds}

Wade was behind and needed to improve, which he did on the {K-Clubs}{J-Diamonds}{2-Diamonds} flop. The {K-Spades} turn improved the South Floridian to trips, while the harmless {5-Hearts} river allowed him to knock out his opponent and chip up to 16,500.

Player Chips Progress
Tristan Wade us
Tristan Wade
WSOP 1X Winner
16,500 10,500

Tags: Tristan Wade

Level: 4

Blinds: 75/150

Ante: 0

Mad Marvin on a Roll

Yesterday Marvin Rettenmaier late registered for this event and didn't have much luck as he busted fairly quickly. He opted to re-enter here on Day 1b and so far it's proven a wise decision.

In a recent hand, we stumbled upon the action with a board reading {5-Spades}{3-Clubs}{Q-Spades}{K-Hearts}{Q-Diamonds} and about 2,300 in the pot. An unknown player had checked from early position and Rettenmaier had taken the opportunity to move all in. His opponent only had 1,550 behinds and tank-called only to discover his {A-Clubs}{K-Spades} was no good against the {A-Diamonds}{Q-Hearts} of Rettenmaier.

With 200 players remaining on Day 1b, Rettenmaier appears to be the chip leader.

Player Chips Progress
Marvin Rettenmaier de
Marvin Rettenmaier
17,300 5,300

Tags: Marvin Rettenmaier

Cajelais Updates; Mizrachi Enters

With around 1,800 in the pot and a board reading {Q-Diamonds}{10-Clubs}{2-Spades}{Q-Hearts}{A-Diamonds}, Erik Cajelais checked from the big blind and watched his opponent in the cutoff bet 900. Cajelais thought long and hard before releasing his cards. It wasn't much of a hand, but it gave us an excuse to let you know that the Canadian, who Event #2 £2,500 buy-in Pot Limit Hold’em/Pot-Limit Omaha at the WSOP Europe back in 2009, is sitting with 2,625.

Meanwhile, both Roland Israelashivili and Govert Metaal have been eliminated, while Michael "The Grinder" Mizrachi has late registered and is now in the field.

Player Chips Progress
Michael Mizrachi us
Michael Mizrachi
WSOP 5X Winner
WPT 2X Winner
3,000 3,000
Govert Metaal nl
Govert Metaal
Busted
Roland Israelashivili us
Roland Israelashivili
Busted

Tags: Roland IsraelashiviliGovert MetaalMichael MizrachiErik Cajelais

Updated Chip Counts

Player Chips Progress
Dan O'Brien us
Dan O'Brien
12,000 9,000
Marvin Rettenmaier de
Marvin Rettenmaier
12,000 9,000
Henry Tran ca
Henry Tran
11,000 8,000
Salvatore Bonavena it
Salvatore Bonavena
EPT 1X Winner
7,700 4,700
Erich Kollmann at
Erich Kollmann
7,000 4,000
Roger Hairabedian fr
Roger Hairabedian
WSOP 2X Winner
6,500 3,500
David ODB Baker us
David ODB Baker
6,000 3,000
Tristan Wade us
Tristan Wade
WSOP 1X Winner
6,000 1,400
John Tabatabai gb
John Tabatabai
5,000 2,000
Gaelle Baumann fr
Gaelle Baumann
Winamax
3,400 400
Jennifer Tilly us
Jennifer Tilly
WSOP 1X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
3,300 300
John Monnette us
John Monnette
WSOP 5X Winner
3,200 -100
Govert Metaal nl
Govert Metaal
3,200 200
Joe Kuether us
Joe Kuether
3,000 -1,000
Erik Cajelais ca
Erik Cajelais
WSOP 1X Winner
2,900 -100
Roland Israelashivili us
Roland Israelashivili
2,800 -200
Todd Terry
Todd Terry
2,800 -200
Dominik Nitsche de
Dominik Nitsche
WSOP 4X Winner
WPT 1X Winner
2,550 -450
Vanessa Selbst us
Vanessa Selbst
WSOP 3X Winner
2,000 700
Alain Roy fr
Alain Roy
1,400 -100
Leo Boxell au
Leo Boxell
750 -2,250
Yuval Bronshtein il
Yuval Bronshtein
WSOP 2X Winner
Busted
Alex Rousso gb
Alex Rousso
Busted
Padraig Parkinson ie
Padraig Parkinson
Busted